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Hellcats of the Navy

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4.3/10 • 13

1957-05-011h 22m

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Down . . . Down . . . Down . . . into enemy waters with the fightin' hellcats of the U.S. sub pack !

Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcats of the Navy. Ronnie plays Casey Abbott, commander of a WW2 submarine, while Nancy portrays navy nurse Helen Blair, Abbott's off-and-on girlfriend. During a delicate mission in which his sub is ordered to retrieve a revolutionary new Japanese mine, Abbott is forced to leave frogman Wes Barton (Harry Lauter) behind to save the rest of his crew. But Abbott's second-in-command Don Landon (Eduard Franz) is convincing that Abbott's sacrifice of Barton was due to the fact that the dead man had been amorously pursuing Helen.

Directors
Nathan Juran
Editors
Jerome Thoms

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  1. Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan

    Cmdr. Casey Abbott (Captain, USS Starfish)

  2. Nancy Reagan

    Nancy Reagan

    Nurse Lt. Helen Blair

  3. Arthur Franz

    Arthur Franz

    Lt. Cmdr. Don Landon (XO, USS Starfish)

  4. Robert Arthur

    Robert Arthur

    Freddy Warren

  5. William Leslie

    William Leslie

    Lt. Paul Prentice

  6. William Phillips

    William Phillips

    Carroll (as William Phillips)

  7. Harry Lauter

    Harry Lauter

    Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton

  8. Michael Garth

    Michael Garth

    Bill aka Lt. Charlie

  9. Joe Turkel

    Joe Turkel

    Chick (as Joseph Turkel)

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
submarinelove trianglenurse